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7. Gabon
Ranked at 11o globally, Gabon is 7th on the continent with a life expectancy of 66.5 years, a mean of 8.2 against an expected 12.8 years in school and a GNI per capita of 16,431.

6. Libya
Despite the crisis the country is going through, Libya ranked 6th on the continent and 108 globally.

5. Botswana
Coming at number five is Botswana (101 globally), which posted a life expectancy of 67.6, a mean of 9.3 against an expected 12.6 years in school and a GNI per capita of 15,534.

4. Tunisia
This North African country has been ranked 95, making it the fourth in the continent with a life expectancy of 75.9, a mean of 7.2 against an expected 15.1 years in school and a GNI per capita of 10,275.

3. Algeria
In third place is Algeria, ranked 85, about 20 places below Africa’s second most developed country.

2. Mauritius
In second place is Mauritius ranked 65 globally.
It posted 74.9 in life expectancy, 9.3 mean against 15.1 years of schooling and 20,189 GNI per capita.

1. Seychelles
At position 62, Seychelles is Africa’s first country on the list with 73.7 in life expectancy, 9.5 mean years of schooling against 14 expected years and 26,077 in Gross National Income per Capita.

As more people are becoming more connected so do the issues that affect us as a world, according to the recently released Human Development Index (HDI) for 2018.
The annual report by the United Nations Development Programme usually measures a number of factors to give a comprehensive overview of development. Thus, instead of focusing on economic growth, it looks at other factors such as health and life expectancy,
education and standard of living.
The report sampled 189 countries and territories, rating them on how they performed in the three main categories.
Here is how Africa’s top 10 countries fared.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has brought fresh charges against a former Minister of Petroleum Resources , Diezani Alison- Madueke , SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt .
It was learnt that the EFCC would in the coming days join Diezani in a suit filed against an oil tycoon , Jide Omokore .
The EFCC will subsequently apply for a bench warrant against the former minister as part of the process to kick - start her extradition from the United Kingdom.
EFCC source said , “ There have always been charges against Diezani . However, we had to remove her name for technical reasons . Also, the matter is no longer before Justice Nyako .
“ We will amend the charges to include her name and then we will apply for a bench warrant because there are many diplomatic processes involved . We will amend the charges against her .
“ You cannot extradite a person from foreign land without evidence that the person is wanted or the person ’s arrest has been ordered by a court.”
A bench warrant is an arrest warrant that is ordered by a judge against the defendant in a criminal case . It is
typically issued in the case of a failure to appear for trial . ”
A senior EFCC official who spoke on condition of
anonymity noted that a case was filed against Diezani in 2016 but had been withdrawn .
However, with the delay by the UK authorities, the commission has decided to personally handle the matter .
source: https://punchng.com/efcc-to-amend-charges-obtain-arrest-warrant-against-diezani/

The Islamic State group has claimed to have killed 118 people in its self - styled West Africa province in the last week, after a series of attacks against military
bases in northeast Nigeria that have raised fears of a resurgent Boko Haram.
The Islamist militant group said in a video posted online late on Thursday that it conducted five operations in Chad and Nigeria between November 15
and 21, according to the SITE Intelligence Group , which monitors jihadist activity.
No other details were given but the claim follows recent attacks on army bases in Borno state , northeast Nigeria , which has been the epicentre of the
deadly nine - year conflict .
Security sources said at least 44 soldiers were killed in an attack in Metele village, near the border with Niger , on Sunday, although one soldier who escaped gave a higher toll .
“ The truth is we lost more than 100 men because we were quickly routed ,” he said on condition of anonymity from the Borno state capital , Maiduguri , on
Friday.
“ We were outgunned, so we tried to fight. We realised it was unrealistic so we decided to leave.” Most of the soldiers were killed as the trucks they were in tried to crash through a perimeter fence at the base but got stuck. Senior officers were among the dead, he added .
Even a search team that came to find the bodies of fallen soldiers on Tuesday was attacked , the soldier said.
“ We were outgunned, so we tried to fight. We realised it was unrealistic so we decided to leave.” Most of the soldiers were killed as the trucks they were in tried to crash through a perimeter fence at the base but got stuck. Senior officers were among the dead, he added . Even a search team that came to find the bodies of fallen soldiers on Tuesday was attacked , the soldier said.
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Over 50 Staff of the Nigerian High Commison London were dismissed and asked to accept a letter dated 22nd of November, 2018, Meanwhile, the Commission claims the dismissal took effect from 1st of January 2018.
The staff of the commission have been working all year (2018) with months of no pay. The letter of termination came due to continual outcry from staff members of the commission demanding their salary arrears.
In the letter signed by Helen Nzeako on behalf of the Nigerian High Commission UK, the termination of employment is as a result of restructuring of the organization and due to budgetary constraints.
The staff members of the Commission have received this news in dismay and disappointment as most have served the Federal Government of Nigeria meritoriously.
A source alleged that the exercise is a plot by the management to disengage every staff to so as to pave way for them to employ their friends & family members into these positions. The letter of termination or disengagement instructed staff to reapply for the same job if they so wish.
“We want the World to see how we are been ill-
treated just because we asked for our salaries.
This is so unfair and an injustice to democratic
rule”. As quoted by a displaced staff of the
commission.
However the aggrieved staff are calling on President Muhammadu Buhari, the Federal Government of Nigeria to look into the matter.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the Federal Government will change the educational curriculum in
such a way that will enable pre - primary school pupils to learn software development and coding .
Osinbajo said this during the 50th National Annual Conference of the Chartered Institute of Personnel
Management of Nigeria held in Abuja recently.
Speaking at the event with the theme, ‘Stand Out ’, the Vice President said that many countries across the world had begun to shift focus from natural to human resources development . He said that any youth , who lacked Information and Communication Technology skills and knowledge , would become unemployable in the future , stressing that this had informed the Federal Government ’s decision to infuse educational development in its Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.
Osinbajo said, “ The focus on primary and secondary education is on employability skills, especially technology. So our focus is on teaching young people from the primary, even pre- primary , school to use all the new techniques, especially code writing skills and software writing skills.
“ The new technologies that are developing everything we are seeing today clearly show that anyone in the coming generation will be left behind, if they are not equipped with the knowledge of cutting edge of technology or with a sound knowledge of technology , at least. We believe that our educational system must incorporate that , which is why , with the new curriculum , a lot of attention is focused on science , technology , engineering and mathematics.”
“ For a country like Nigeria , which is highly dependent on oil, we need to remind our people that oil is a depleting asset. The country ’ s large population, especially our young ones, is where its strength truly lies .”

https://punchng.com/well-teach-nursery-school-pupils-software-development-osinbajo/

The Nigerian Election Debate Group has fixed December 14, 2018 for a debate for presidential candidates of different political parties taking part in the 2019 elections.
The vice presidential candidates are billed to have their debate on January 19, 2019.
The group ’s chairman , Mr . John Momoh , disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday.
Momoh who is also the chairman of the Broadcasting Organisation added that the debates will hold at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel , Abuja and will be broadcast live by all BON members .
President Muhammadu Buhari is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress with Vice - President Yemi
Osinbajo as his running mate .
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party is Alhaji Atiku Abubakar with Mr . Peter Obi as his
running mate .
https://punchng.com/buhari-atiku-others-scheduled-for-presidential-debate-on-december-14/

A dismissed police constable , who is a principal suspect in the Offa bank robbery , Michael Adikwu, is dead .
Kwara State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Kamaldeen Ajibade (SAN ), disclosed this at a Kwara State High Court on Wednesday when five of the six suspects were brought to court for arraignment.[img]A dismissed police constable , who is a principal suspect in the Offa bank robbery , Michael Adikwu, is dead .
Kwara State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Kamaldeen Ajibade (SAN ), disclosed this at a Kwara State High Court on Wednesday when five of the six suspects were brought to court for arraignment.[/img]A dismissed police constable , who is a principal suspect in the Offa bank robbery , Michael Adikwu, is dead .
Kwara State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Kamaldeen Ajibade (SAN ), disclosed this at a Kwara State High Court on Wednesday when five of the six suspects were brought to court for arraignment.

Until now, various officials of the Buhari administration, especially the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, had claimed that Nigeria’s rice importation had dropped, and that in fact, we had produced so much rice locally that rice mills in Thailand were shutting down in droves because there was no demand from Nigeria. Yet, the US Department of Agriculture says rice importation by Nigeria has increased, and that the country will remain the world’s second largest importer of rice by 2019 (second to China).
Incidentally, the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, is now debating whether rice importation has dropped or increased.
They said that Nigeria’s out-of-school children have reduced to eight million but UNICEF says it has increased to 13.2 million and that Nigeria has the highest number of out-of- school children in the world.
While in opposition, the All Progressives Congress said that there was nothing like fuel subsidy, that any fuel subsidy payment was a fraud. When they got into government, we not only confirmed that fuel subsidy exists, but that they have christened it Under-Recovery and are even paying much more fuel subsidy unappropriated than the previous government, by illegally diverting money from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and NLNG.
Curiously, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the NNPC are debating who, between government and the oil corporation, is paying the subsidy. The Yoruba say, “Omi Eko, Eko ni”, the water in pap is pap as well.
When in opposition, they said that fuel importation by independent petroleum marketers was a scam. Now in government, they handle it solely through the NNPC and have almost doubled the daily consumption volume that they previously described was a scam. The NNPC is debating the daily fuel consumption volumes.
While in opposition, they said that they would reduce fuel price from N87 per litre to N40 per litre. When they got into government, they first increased fuel price to N141 per litre and subsequently hunkered down and increased it further to N145 per litre. This was while paying more fuel subsidy than their predecessors.
We are being told that they may have to increase fuel price again.
They said that they had rooted out corruption, plugged leakages, weeded out “ghost workers”, ended wastage, but the only veritable confirmation of these claims should have been a drastic reduction in expenditure on all those lines. Yet, these expenditure lines have almost
all witnessed increases, and in the case of salaries, wages and pensions, an almost N500bn increase.
They say that they are winning the war against corruption, which ordinarily should reflect in our rankings under the Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. The reverse is the case as Nigeria moved from 136 to 148 in the world this year. Probably, the worst ever retrogression within a one-year period.
They say we have technically defeated Boko Haram, and that Nigeria is more secure than it has ever been, yet every day, our gallant soldiers are being slaughtered and secretly buried in cemeteries; our kith and kin are daily butchered by marauding herdsmen.
They said that they have only borrowed $10bn since 2015, yet, they met $10.31682bn external debt in June 2015, and increased it to $22.083bn by June 2018 (met the more expensive in June $1.5bn external commercial in 2015, increased it to $8.8bn in June 2018).
Met N8.3965tn domestic debt in June 2015, and increased it to N12.151tn by June 2018. But the naira has since been devalued so the Vice President argues that they only borrowed $10bn, and this by converting the naira debt by today’s exchange rate.
They say that they have lifted 10.073 million Nigerians from poverty to prosperity, yet, a report by Brookings Institution (the American research group) reveals that Nigeria (with a population of 198 million) has overtaken India (with a population of 1.324bn people) as the poverty capital of the world with 87 million people in Nigeria living in extreme poverty, compared to India’s 73 million.
Nigeria’s Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, is still debating the numbers lifted or cast into poverty.
I can go on and on, but the summary is that nothing adds up with this government. It is all propaganda, sophistry, demagoguery, smoke and mirrors.
Dr Jekwu Ozoemene, Port Harcourt, Rivers
State
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Several weeks ago, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) formally awarded the 2022
Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to Senegal, making it the first ever African country to host the Olympics. The competition has been tagged ‘Dakar 2022’. Other bidders for the competition included Botswana, Nigeria and Tunisia.
The IOC’s Evaluation Commission and the Executive Board determined that Dakar, Senegal, presented the best value proposition and the greatest opportunities at this moment in time.
According to them, Dakar 2022 presented a visionary, ambitious and technically sound YOG project that addresses the long-term aims of the country. Senegal has a large youth population and views the YOG as a catalyst for engaging young people and developing the
country’s sport and youth policy.
Zimbabwe’s most decorated athlete and current Minister for Sport, Kirsty Coventry, has been appointed as the Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission for Dakar 2022. The Games will hold in three cities: Dakar,
Diamniadio and Saly. Senegal President Macky Sall disclosed that a 50,000-seat Olympic Stadium will be built for the competition likely to hold in May of that year.
While awarding the hosting rights to Senegal, IOC President Thomas Bach said: “Africa is united behind Senegal to host the Youth Olympic Games 2022. With a young population and a passion for sport, it is time for Africa, it is time for Senegal.”
Back in the day, Nigeria used to be regarded as the Giant of Africa because of the calibre of athletes the country has produced over the years in sports like Football, Athletics and Table Tennis amongst others. However, in the past decade, other African countries have been given the nod ahead of Nigeria as it concerns hosting of global competitions because they
have shown better commitment in terms of their sports policies, presence of facilities, and level of organization amongst other factors. In 2015, Durban was awarded the 2022 Commonwealth Games and would have been the first African city in history to host the event. However, South Africa eventually pulled
out of the hosting deal due to financial constraints.
In 2016 when the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) decided to award one of the 14-legs of the Diamond League to Africa, Rabat in Morocco was chosen. In 2017, Nairobi, Kenya, hosted the final edition of the IAAF World U-18 Championships, and the competition was a success. The only other African nation to have hosted the World U-18 Championships was Morocco, in 2005. In the words of IAAF President Sebastian Coe, “We have just come from Nairobi where they hosted a spectacular Under-18 World Championships.”
Following a successful hosting of the World U-18 Championships, the IAAF decided to name Kenya as hosts of the 2020 World U-20 Championships. This makes them the first ever African country to host the World U-20 Athletics Championships.
The fact that Nigeria is not being considered to host some of these global events only demonstrates the little faith the organisers have in our ability to successfully execute these championships. One doesn’t need to look too far to understand why.
For instance, the last-minute planning and execution of the African Senior Athletics Championships in Asaba back in August remains fresh in our memories as Nigeria trended on social media for the wrong reasons, and all of these happened because the
organisers didn’t take time to adequately plan for some of these things.
To a large extent, the bad press came about as a result of the flight delays experienced by athletes from several countries, and it was something that could have been averted and properly managed with a little foresight.
Considering that a renovation exercise was being carried out at the Asaba Airport, thus limiting the number of flights that could be accommodated due to the lack of adequate lighting system on the runway, the organisers could have considered other alternatives suchas flying to Benin or Owerri and then connecting to Asaba from these states. Even after the teams arrived Asaba following the delays at the airport, getting their accreditation tags and allocation to hotel rooms became a herculean task.
While addressing members of the press in Asaba, IAAF President Seb Coe disclosed that it is likely that an African country would host the IAAF World Championships in 2025. Ironically, while still smarting from the backlash that had resulted from poor organization of Asaba 2018, Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) President Ibrahim Gusau signified Nigeria’s interest tovhost the 2025 World Championships.
He said, “With the gains of what we have done here (Asaba 2018), we have all it takes to stage the global event in 2025 and perhaps any other major sporting event on a large scale”. A country that could barely handle the hosting of a continental championship, is now bidding to host the World Championships. It’s quite amusing to say the least. I am no prophetess, but I already know that Nigeria will not be chosen as the first African host of the IAAF World Championships.
Three months down the line, the organisers are yet to redeem their pledge of rewarding all individual medallists from the Asaba Championships. Gold medallists were promised $3,000 each; Silver medallists $2,000, and Bronze medallists $1,000. Nigerian athletes that represented the country in Asaba are yet to get their full allowances from the competition.
If we cannot sort out these seemingly little things, why should we be taken seriously as a nation?
By Yemi Olus

http://jimidisu.com/is-nigeria-still-the-giant-of-africa-by-yemi-olus/

Nigeria has assumed Vice President position of “ Government Group of ILO ’’ governing body , following the election of Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and
Employment at 107 th session of the International Labour Conference.
In a statement issued by Mr Samuel Olowookere, the Director of Press in the ministry on Saturday in Abuja , the ILC was held between May 28 and June 8.
“ While Azerbaijan is the current President, Nigeria is expected to take over Presidency of the Group at the
108th session of ILC scheduled to hold in June 2019.

https://punchng.com/nigeria-assumes-vice-president-position-of-govt-group-of-ilo/

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday released the list of governorship candidates in Imo State missing out the name of the candidate representing the ruling All Progressives Congress .
The electoral umpire published 67 governorship candidates and their respective running mates at its office in Owerri , the state capital .
Our correspondent who visited INEC ’s office in the state saw the candidates ’ names and that of their running mates displayed alongside their credentials
and personal information .
Among the top names who made the INEC lists are a former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha of the People ’s Democratic Party , Ike Ibe of the Independent Party
and a former Senator , Ifeanyi Araraume of the All Progressives Grand Alliance. Others are , Micheal Ikoku of the Young Democratic Party , Linus Okorie of the Young Progressives Party and Alloysius Osuji of Mass Action Joint Alliance .
Three women emerged as governorship candidates . They are , Omeogu Chidiebere of the African Action
Congress , Joy Udodiri of MMN and Adaku Ibe of the Democratic Peoples Party .
A source at the INEC office told Punch
correspondent that there were court orders stopping the Commission from publishing any name as the
governorship candidate of the APC in the state .
Uche Nwosu and Senator Hope
Uzodinma have been battling , both in court and within the party for who should be its candidate.
While Nwosu was declared the winner of the October 6 APC governorship primary, Uzodinma was pronounced
winner of the October 1 primary which allegedly did not hold in the state .

https://punchng.com/imo-apc-gov-candidate-missing-as-inec-publishes-list/

The presidential candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party , Atiku
Abubakar, has said President
Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy ,
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN ) are feeding
at public expense.
The former vice- president also said the
two leaders collect hardship allowances
of 50 per cent of their annual basic
salary.
He lamented that long - suffering
Nigerian workers , who he said were the
main sufferers of the hardship caused
by the incompetence of the present
administration , did not have any
hardship allowance and are expected to
live on unrealistic minimum wage .
Atiku spoke in reaction to a statement
issued by the Presidency on Wednesday
denying reports that President Buhari
had accepted a new minimum wage of
30,000 proposed by the tripartite
committee.
It alleged that approbation and
reprobation “ is characteristic of the
Buhari administration and that it is
evidence of lack of leadership at the
very top that is putting our economy in
peril .”
The statement read in part, “ Just two
weeks ago , two of the world ’ s largest
banks , HSBC and UBS , pulled out of
Nigeria citing lack of policy stability as
their reason .
“ This same reason was given by Procter
and Gamble when they pulled out last
year. In the span of the three years that
this administration has been in office,
more than 500 companies have pulled
out of Nigeria for similar reasons.
Nigeria under President Buhari has
become synonymous with policy flip
flopping.
“ A government is only as reliable as its
word and if its word is not reliable then
nothing else about the government will
be stable . This is why Nigeria suffered
from a recession under this
administration and it ’s right now at risk
of another recession......
https://punchng.com/minimum-wage-denial-characteristic-of-the-buhari-administration-atiku/

1. Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea
The Eritrean leader is one of the lowest paid
African leaders, earning a monthly salary of US
$500, as of 2017 . Two years prior, there were
reports that he earned on average less than US$
400 a month, making less than what some
mining companies that had set up in his own
doorstep and their workers make.
2. John Magufuli of Tanzania
The Tanzanian president recently revealed that he earns a salary of 9 million Tanzanian shillings
($4,000) per month. This was after his government had slashed salaries of executives at state-owned companies at 15 million Tanzanian shillings ($6,700) a month, Reuters reported.
3. Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia

The Ethiopian prime minister is on a salary of
just $300 a month , he revealed in October this
year, saying that his mission is not to canvass
wealth for himself but to bring changes in the
country’s economy. Ahmed, after assuming
office, also promised to deal with ethnic
conflicts in the country, that have displaced over
two million people since last year.
4. Beji Caid Essebsi of Tunisia
He is Tunisia’s first democratically elected
President, having won the election in December
2014. His salary is $16,400 USD per year though
he is said to be living a comfortable life due to
his family’s ties to the aristocracy and monarchy
that was deposed 60 years ago.
https://face2faceafrica.com/article/african-leaders-with-the-lowest-salaries/2

Yorùbá science textbook will be put to the test...
A Yorùbá scholar from Tulane University, Taofeeq
Adebayọ was awarded the Andrew Mellon
Fellowship in Community Engaged Scholarship in
2017, through which he began translating
Longman’s Basic Science 1 into the Yorùbá
language for seventh-graders.
His plan is to collaborate with seven schools, where
he and the graduate students will teach from the
translated text and perform scientific
demonstrations with the help of local science
teachers from those schools.
“The idea is to get feedback from them regarding
how our translation can be improved to meet their
classroom needs and how we can design the
translation so that it is accessible not only to the
students but also to the teachers, as well as
parents who read in Yorùbá,” said Adebayọ, who is
pursuing a PhD in linguistics.
https://news.tulane.edu/news/yoruba-science-textbook-will-be-put-test?fbclid=IwAR3utlqOQDPwmSKlacNJPMl7akDSV-zwOYW09HjRNlWPAcqNvHCdvcBqPUM

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